Metallic railway-tie.



No. 894,028. I PATENTED' JULY 21, 1908.

A. MILLER.

' v METALLIG RAILWAY TIE.

APPLIUATION FILED JULY 80, 1907.

INVENTOR By 770m "60 ATTORNEYS W/TNESSES UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

METALLIC RAILWAY-TIE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 21, 1908.

Application filed July 30, 1907. Serial No. 386,206.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ANTHONY MILLER, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Cape Girardeau, in the county of Cape Girardeau and. State of Missouri, have invented a new and Improved Metallic Railway-Tie, of which the following is a full, clear, and eX- act description.

Theobject of the invention is to provide a new and improved railway tie, which is simple and durable in construction, cheap to manufacture, and arranged to permit of quickly and securely fastening the rails in place, and to allow convenient removal of the same whenever it is desired to do so.

The invention consists of novel features and parts and combinations of the same, which will be more fully described hereinafter and then pointed out in the claims.

A practical embodiment of the invention is represented in the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the improvement as applied, parts being shownin section on the line 1-1 of Fig. 6 Fig. 2 is a cross section of the same on the line 2-'2 of Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the improvement; Fig. 4 is a perspective view of one of the spikes Fig. 5 isa perspective view of the draw and clenching bar; and Fig. 6 is a plan view of the improvement and showing the fastening flange removed.

The metallic railroad tie A is provided on its top and near the ends thereof with seats B for the bases of the rails C to rest on, as plainly shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 3. The tie A is provided at one side of each seat B with an integral fastening flange D for engaging one side of the web and the corresponding portion of the base of the rail C, and the other side of the web and base of the rail C is engaged by a removable fastening flange E, adapted to be fastened in place on the tie A by spikes F driven through registering apertures in the flangeE and the tie A, the tie apertures terminating at their lower ends in clenching grooves G, curved first downwardly and then upwardly, so that when a spike F is driven home its point is turned upward into clenching position, thus securely holding the spike in place, the heads F of the spikes holding the flange E in position on the tie A. In order to facilitate the turning and clenching of the point of each spike F, the

point is preferably beveled, as at F (see Fig. 4), the beveled portion coming in contact with the wall of the groove G when driving the spike home, so that the point readily turns up into clenching position.

By the arrangement described, the rails C are securely fastened in place on the tie A and are held against lengthwise as well as against lateral movement, so that the rails are not liable to bend over. or spread as is so frequently the case by rails spiked to wooden spike F is preferably completed by the use of a bar H, shownin Fig. 5, the bar H having a shank H terminating at one end in a clawfoot- H and at the other end in a head H having a clenching groove H similar to the clenching groove G. Thus, when the head H i is held at the eXit of the point of the passage for the spike F and the latter is driven through the assage, it is evident that the point, on striking the groove H is turned into clenching position to securely hold the s ike F in place. When it is desired to witht aw or remove the spike F, use is made of the claw-foot H for bending the clenched end of the spike F back into a straight position to allow ready withdrawal of the spike.

Although I have shown and described the fastening device as applied to a railroad tie, it is evident that the two members may be fastened together by spikes, nails and the like, if one of such members has a clenching groove G so that the point of the spike, nail or like fastening member is automatically clenched when the spike is driven home. In case it is desired to clench nails and the like when driven through wood, use may be made of the bar H in the manner above described relative to the spike F.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

1. A metallic railway tie, comprising a tie having a rail seat, and an integral flange at one side of the seat for engaging one side of the base of the rail, a movable flange for engaging the other side of the base of the rail, and spikes adapted to be driven through apertures in the said movable flange and tie, to be clenched at their lower ends, the heads of the spikes engaging the movable flange, and the points of the spikes being clenched on the outside of the tie.

2. Ametallic railway tie comprising a tie having a depressed rail seat and an integral rail-fastening flange at one side of the seat for engagement with one side of the web and base of the rail, a movable flange held onthe tie on the other side of the said seat and abutting against the other side of the said web and base of the rail, and spikes ada ted to be driven through apertures in the sai movable flange and tie, to be clenched at their lower ends, the heads of the spikes engaging the movable flange and the points of the spikes being clenched on the outside of the tie;

3. A fastening device, comprisingmembers to be fastened together, one of the members having clenching grooves formed onthe outer memb face thereof, and a spike to be driven through the member having the clenching groove outside thereof, to permit the free end of the spike to be clenched on the outside of the 4. A metallic railroad tie comprising a tie having clenching grooves and seats for the rails to rest on, a fastening flange integral on the seat and engaging one side of the web and base of the rail, a fastening flange removable from the tie and engaging the other side of 'the web and base of the rail, and spikes driven through apertures in the removable flange and in the tie and engaging the said clenching groovesto turn the points of the spikes into clenching positions.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ANTHONY MILLER.

Witnesses:

J. F. FUERTH, C. E. KAGE. 

